At age 19, Valid Expectations is leaving an indelible mark on the history books of stallions in the Lone Star state. A son of Valid Appeal, Valid Expectations was a top-notch sprinter. Displaying tremendous precociousness at age two, he won the Old Hickory and the Sugar Bowl Handicap at Fairgrounds in 1995. As a sophomore he captured the Derby Trial, Sports Page Handicap in New York and Bachelor and Mountain Valley at Oaklawn.
As he enters his 15th breeding season, Valid Expectations dominates the Texas Stallion list year after year and has been one of the Southwest’s most prolific stallions since coming to Lane’s End farm in 2001. He was Texas’s leading general sire for the ninth time in 2011, with 56 winners from 102 runners last year equaling earnings of $1,443,000.
Valid Expectations progeny have amassed $29 million in earnings. His leading offspring is Saratoga County, who earned $1.6 million, and The Daddy who won the Super Derby in 2005.
As he enters his 15th breeding season, Valid Expectations dominates the Texas Stallion list year after year and has been one of the Southwest’s most prolific stallions since coming to Lane’s End farm in 2001. He was Texas’s leading general sire for the ninth time in 2011, with 56 winners from 102 runners last year equaling earnings of $1,443,000.
Valid Expectations progeny have amassed $29 million in earnings. His leading offspring is Saratoga County, who earned $1.6 million, and The Daddy who won the Super Derby in 2005.